"If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat."

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Sun Tzu

#War Quotes #Enemy Quotes #Suffering Quotes

“Revelations come when you're in the thick of it, pitting yourself up against something larger than yourself”
“Whistling aloud to bear his courage up.”

Source : Robert Blair, Thomas Gray, Beilby Porteus (1818). “The grave,: a poem,”, p.13
“We became Homo sapiens not that long ago, from the scientific perspective, and we've retained a lot of our beast nature. We've done all these amazing things in terms of our knowledge base and technology, and now we're flying around and using the internet. But we're still very animalistic. So, I think about hierarchies. I think about evolution. I think about how we stack up, how we sit on top of each other. How we pray that we know what we're up to.”
“You should put time into learning your craft. It seems like people want success so quickly, way before they're ready.”
“If you hate your job, don't worry, you won't have it for long.”

Source : George Allen (1990). “Strategies for winning: a top coach's game plan for victory in football and in life”, McGraw-Hill Companies
“librarianship is one of the few callings in the world for which is it still possible to feel unqualified admiration and respect.”

Source : Jan Struther (1956). “A pocketful of pebbles”
“Gratitude is the most important attitude.”
“Laughter can bring a new perspective.”

Source : "Family Survival". Interview with Arthur Holmberg, americanrepertorytheater.org.

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